Another week complete.
Another week closer to Christmas. Hey, wait! What?!? Christmas? It’s true, at
last one of my children have already asked me how long until Christmas (“About
another 5 ½ months, sweetie!”). But they seemed to have missed the big fun right
in their face: summer school holidays!!!
School’s Out For…
… well you know the song title. My kids have been requesting to hear it a lot lately!
This week marked the end of the school year for our 2 girls. Both brought home outstanding report cards over which they- and we parents- are extremely proud. Apparently both of our girls are class leaders in the amount of books they devoured, er, read. And both have loved their teachers. Which makes it plain easier for everyone involved, right?
For one of them though,
not only was this week the last before summer, but also the end of an era: Miss
10 has just completed primary school *sniff* “I think I have something in my
eye” *dabs eye*. 😉 I will confess, there were more than a couple of
tears shed. In fact, I think I was weepier than Miss 10, who informed me very
matter-of-factly that “just because I am sad doesn’t mean that I must cry”. Oh
man. I would like to point out that I was not the only mother with watery eyes
on the final day of primary school. However I of course will not be
naming names 😉.
Primary school here in
Germany is over and done with after 4th grade and high school lasts
from 5th to 13th grade! Which as an Australian, is
something I am not used to. So off onto the next big adventure for her. (And for
me, as I have ZERO experience with the high school system here. Looks like we
will be learning together).
But before the next big
school adventure comes a summer break FULL of new adventures. Hurrah!
Like going away on holidays! We are all so excited and desperately looking
forward to going on a big trip somewhere totally new. And this year it’s Croatia!
Big family holidays
require big plans. Like: What to pack? What not to pack? What’s the weather
likely to be? (Sunny and hot apparently!). Suffice to say that there are scraps
of paper all over the place here with list after list of what to buy, what to organise,
and what to do with our pet bunnies.
And that’s where I am
going to sign off for this week. Because we are exhausted from the final weeks
of school and everything that gets celebrated, signed and tidied during that
time. If you have school-age kids, you know exactly what I am talking about.
And now because we are busy prepping for our holiday.
So, Auf Wiedersehen,
vidimo se kasnije and see you later! Have a great week, and if you have school
holidays too, enjoy every minute!
How are you spending
your summer? Got any grand plans? If you have kids, what are they hoping to do
in the coming weeks?
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